Center for American Studies

Resources

Early History of the United States

• Archiving Early America: Primary Source Material from 18th Century America
  Documents the United States in the 18th century through newspapers, maps and writings from the time.

• Picturing America, 1497-1899: Prints, Maps, and Drawings bearing on the New World Discoveries and on the Development of the Territory that is now the United States
  More than 1,000 maps, prints and drawings picturing the making of the United States between 1497 and 1899.

• Papers of the War Department
  A digital project comprising some 55,000 documents of the early War Department (1784-1800) which was responsible for the operation and maintenance of the U.S. Army. The digital papers document the military history of that era as well as the Indian, veteran and naval affairs and much more.

• American Journeys: Eyewitness Accounts of Early American Exploration and Settlement
  A digital library featuring text documents and images relating to the early exploration and settlement of North America by the Europeans first and then later by the Americans themselves.

• In Search of Tocqueville's Democracy in America
  Features resources on Alexis de Tocqueville and his journey to America as well as abstracts from his book Democracy in America.

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